Ryan and Ellie peach picking in 2015

Back to college for the kids and back to work for me.

Posted on September 18th, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ellie, mt. ashland, Nikon AF‑S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens, ryan. Comments Off on Kids are gone again

A cell phone pic from a bike ride I took last week. I wonder when the last time was that Mt. Ashland had this much snow on it on the last day of May?

Posted on June 5th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: clouds, grapes, mt. ashland, samsung s7 edge camera, skywatch. Comments Off on Late May in Ashland

Spring break is looking like a rainy break from sun. Today’s photo is from a couple weekends ago.

Posted on March 21st, 2017 under only in ashland. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, mt. ashland, Nikon D750, sun star. Comments Off on Sunny days

Mt. Shasta sunset from Mt. Ashland on Christmas

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We headed up to Mt. Ashland for a walk in the snow on Christmas. Cars were streaming down the mountain as we went up. We hit the parking lot at about 4 which was also when the ski area was closing. It was beautiful, but not as beautiful as it became an hour later when the sun set. Nearly everyone was gone by then. At just 18°, and dropping quickly, I don’t blame them, but they missed the best scene of the day.

Posted on December 26th, 2016 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: mt. ashland, mt. shasta, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, snow, sunset, winter. Comments Off on Mt. Shasta sunset from Mt. Ashland

Mt. Ashland wildflowers

Today’s photo is from a little over five years ago. This was in my pre-RAW days or it could be better.

Posted on September 18th, 2016 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: flowers, mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, sunset. Comments Off on Mt. Ashland sunset

@AshlandSprings @mtashland

We will start Christmas with 80+ degree temps in Sayulita, Mexico (where we are now). By the end of the day we’ll be back in Ashland where the temperature will likely be in the 20s, and snow may be on the ground. Today’s photo is from last week just after the prior weekend’s snowfall began to melt at the lower elevations.

Posted on December 22nd, 2015 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, mt. ashland, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, snow, winter. Comments: 1

@TravelOregon @NHGoregon

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Posted on November 2nd, 2015 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, mt. ashland, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, panorama, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on Early November in Ashland

Ashland had a great sky yesterday. The autumn colors are just beginning. No snow on Mt. Ashland yet, and the forecast shows 80s for the next couple weeks so no snow on Mount A in the near future.

Posted on October 4th, 2015 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, clouds, i-5, mt. ashland, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, skywatch. Comments Off on Early fall

View of Mt. Ashland from Roxy Ann Peak Trail

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The day before heading to Daytona, two weeks ago today, we took a walk up to the top of Roxy Ann Peak. Strangely enough, this was our first time up Roxy Ann Peak even though we have lived in the Rogue Valley for over 14 years now.

The weather forecast was for no rain. That’s not what the sky looked like. We didn’t get rained on, but it did begin raining the moment we got into the car at the end of our hike. This storm ultimately turned out to hold enough snow for the mountains that Mt. Ashland was able to open a few days later for the first time in two seasons.

Posted on December 28th, 2014 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: hike, landscape, mt. ashland, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, Roxy Ann Peak. Comments Off on Road to Mt. Ashland